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haileyhardcover's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism
Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Abandonment
haileymundell's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide, and Vomit
amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
rinku's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Car accident
thrillofthepage's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Our MC, Eleanor, suffers from prosopagnosia, which is better known as face blindness. This condition added an ominous feel to an already disturbing experience for Eleanor because she’s unable to identify who killed her grandmother. This causes severe anxiety for our protagonist, which leads us to doubt what she claims to see at Solhöga.
I loved the dual timelines and multi-POVs in this book. It was interesting to see the past revealed alongside the present period. I honestly didn’t guess the culprit and that made this a winning read!
As I said in my stories last week, this book is similar to Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeney. The MCs each had face blindness and were in wintry, remote locations. However, The Resting Place had a more propulsive plot that had me rapidly turning pages.
Thanks to Minotaur for my advanced copy. All opinions are my own.
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Body shaming, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
bohemianrhapsodyreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
My favorite character was the main character Eleanor because she was the most compassionate, honest, and understanding. My least favorite character was Vivianne because I found her to be the villain in the story.
My favorite line in the story: “As though everything that happened here, everything we still don’t know, has seeped into the walls and taken hold like mold, growing and expanding over the many long, quiet years, clawing its bony fingers behind the wallpapers and under the floorboards. It doesn’t want to let go of us. It wants to squeeze the life from our very bodies.”
Reoccurring themes were death, murder, grief, loss of parents, loss of family, and sadness. I think that these themes signified a part of the human condition and what this family had to go through in this story.
The strongest elements of this book were the character and plot development, the twists that were totally unexpected, the descriptions of the setting, the conveying of feelings and personality, and the ending. Plus I love the cover and title, too!!
The only weak element is I wish it were longer :)
Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail